1. What is QuickSight?

Amazon QuickSight is a serverless, ML-powered BI service for interactive dashboards and visualizations.


Core Concept
QuickSight = serverless BI. Connect to data, create dashboards, and share with users. SPICE in-memory engine for speed. ML: anomaly detection, forecasting, auto-narratives. Q: natural language queries. Pay per user per session.

2. Key Features

  1. Serverless, auto-scales to thousands of users
  2. SPICE: in-memory cache for fast rendering (10 GB/user included)
  3. ML Insights: anomaly detection, forecasting, auto-narratives
  4. Q: ask questions in natural language
  5. Embedded analytics: dashboards in your apps

3. Data Sources

4. Users & Security

  1. Row-Level Security (RLS): users see only their data rows
  2. Column-Level Security (CLS): hide sensitive columns per user (Enterprise)
Exam Tip
QuickSight: "Serverless BI" = QuickSight. "ML insights" = anomaly + forecast. "Natural language" = Q. "Embedded dashboards" = QuickSight embedded. "SPICE" = in-memory. "Pay per session" = Reader pricing.